Transcontinental Television History
Here’s another great article from our friend Richard Wirth. The original “broadband” and much more are covered in this write up of how AT&T made coast to coast television possible. The videos are very good too, so take a look! Thanks Richard!
Why It Was Called “Walkie Lookie” Yes, this portable wireless Vidicon camera had a lot of potential for broadcasters, but guess who else was interested in it! That’s right…the Army. RCA had a long history with military radio, radar, television and more but having “eyes” at a forward position was what interested the Army in […]
April 1981…The Last Episode Of “Soap” Airs On ABC In spite of six months of controversy before it ever hit the air, “Soap” ranked #13 in the top 20 shows of the 1977-78 season and had good ratings is whole four year run. In 2007, Time Magazine, which initially panned the show, named it one […]
The Rose Parade…A Uniquely American Tradition And Color Spectacular First, if you are working Times Square, Bowl Games or other holiday shows, please remember to send us some pictures via a Facebook message to me or send them to edition4@comcast.net. I just heard from our friend Roger Crawford, senior video for ESPN/ABC. He and the […]
Ch Ch Ch Changes Recording and editing video recordings today is NOTHING like it was when the state of the art was 2″ quad machines. Here’s a quick look back in time to the early 60s. [evp_embed_video url=”http://CDN.eyesofageneration.com/Content/Viewseum/quadediting.mp4″ preload=”none” template=”mediaelement”] Source
AT&T and television go a long way back
On the KPIX end was my Wife’s Uncle, Harold Jury who won an Emmy in 1948..I will dig up the pictures!